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Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1887-02-24

The recent cold stormy weather
in Montana has proved fatal to cat
tie men. 1t is estimated that the
loss will be IS per cent.
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1887-02-24

A bill has passed both branches
of congress authorizing the construc.
tion Of a bridge across the river at
Chattanooga.
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1887-02-24

Gov. Moonlight, of Wyoming, has
appointed his daughter Nellie his
private secretary, The people OF
Wyoming have moonlight to spare.
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1887-02-24

Gov. Taylor signed his hrst bill,
last Thursday--tho prohibition a.
mendment,
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1887-02-24

Capt. Greedy, Of arctic fame has
been appointed Chief Of the Signal
Bureau with rank Of Brigsdier Gen.
eral,
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1887-02-24

The Jail at Murhcesboro burned
last week. Three oolored prisoners
persisted In tho flames.
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1887-02-24

A Safety Car Cuplcr association
has been formed at jackson, Tenn,
with John A. Pitts as president.
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1887-02-24

Ben Jones was a capital fellow,
But be was so confoundedly gallowl
That his friends all forsook him.
E'cn his sweet heart she shock him,
Which made poor Ben loudly below.
Now Benhada friend named McQ Queens,
Who told him 10 take SMITHS BILE
BEANS,
And now he's rs rosy, as any pink posey,
And has married a woman of means.
Bile Beans will clear the complexion,
and sweeten the breath. Is c.per bottle.
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1887-02-24
EVANSVILLE, PADUCAH { TENNESSEE
RIVER PACKET co.
General Office, Evansville, Ind.

us. MAIL LINE STEAMERS,
For all points on the Lower Ohio, Mississippi,
Tennessee & Cumberland Rivers
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1887-02-24

Children take Lyons Tasteless Syr-
up of Quinihc and never know it is
medicine. Csc at Barlow & Co.'S.
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1887-05-26

There are 10000 women in Cincin-
nati who earn their living.
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1887-05-26
Intelligent Artillery Horses.

l once saw young soldier who be-
longed to a battery of artillery en-
gagged in patching the holes in his
guidon Ga markers fag) with cloth
from the lining of his uniform. When
L asked him why he spent so much
time to mend that old flag. his answer
was, that as we are so far from the
base of supplies he could not get new
one, and that when the battery went
into action with thirty-six horses and
six guns he always stuck the pike of the
guidon into the ground where the bat
terry was to form. and even if the man
who rode the leading horse was killed
or disabled, and the noise of the battle
was so great that the bugle-call could
not be heard. the horses would wheel
around the flag and execute the maneu-
yer known as by left into line, and
bring the muzzles of the six guns on
line with the flag, and then as soon as
the guns were unlimbered, he would
again place it about two hundred PAGES
to the rear, and the horses would
gallop to the rear with the caisons and
halt again on a line with it. Is there
not beautiful sentiment in the thought
of those noble horses knowing the flag
and rallying to it'-Chicago Journal.
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1887-05-26
Chinese Barbarity.

The Pekin courts lately sentenced
young man to the lingering death of
thousand slices who had murdered his
brother by blood, but his cousin by
adoption, for unnatural cruelty. The
brother had usurped his place in the
house of his adopted mother, and finally,
when the victim was driven out, he sold
his wife and child and gave to his
adopted mother $26 out of the 500 which
he realized from this sale. To Chinese
eyes this was praiseworthy transac-..
ton. The wicked brother seized upon
this money given to the old mother, and
when the other returned after a few
days and learned of this crowning in
jury he promptly killed mis- brother and
his brotner's wife and child. The court,
in passing sentence, was chiefly per-
picked as to whether he murdered his
brother or his cousin. The Judge
showed no leniency toward him, and
the moral to be drawn from the case is
that the way of the poor in China is
hard. If he had had money he could
have secured relief; without it, he was
driven to take justice into his own hands,
which resulted in his shameful DEATH
San Francisco Chronicls.
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1887-05-26
GOOD COLLATERAL.
A Bank President Who Knew Fine Thint
When He Saw 1t.

n BAnk HreStuenb VINO hueW " Flhe IniuS
When He Saw 1t.
The other morning as the janitor of
bank not very far from the Palace
opened the door, he was surprised to
observe three rather tired-looking cit
liens seated on the steps, the center one
of whom held a sealed envelope care
fully in sight of his companions.
Want to make deposit, gentle
menp" asked the cashier, who shortly
arrived. "Step inside"
mo, l want to negotiate a loan,"
said the man with the envelope, land
there amt minute to lose. / want
five thousand dollars quicker'n hades
can scorch feather"
"What collaterals have you-Gov-
ernmentp" inquired the bank official
Government nothin'. I've got
something that beats four-per-cents.
all hollow. You see I've been sitting
in poker game across the street, and
there's over four thousand dollars in
the pot. There are three or four pret-
ty strong hands out, and as I've every
cent in the center the boys have given
me thirty minutes to raise stake on
my hand. It's in this envelope. just
look at it, but don't give it away to
these gentlemen. They're in the game,
and came along to see I don't monkey
with the cards."
"But, my dear sir" said the cashier,
who had quietly opened the envelope
and found it to contain four kings and
an; ace, this is entirely irregular-we
don't lend money on cards."
.But you amt going to see me
raised out on a hand like thatP" whis-
pered the pokerist. :" These fellows
think I'm blufing, and / can just clean
out the whole gang You see we amt
playing fushes, 50 I've got 'em right in
the door. " sss sEststSs sd
Cant help it, sir. Never heard Of
such a thing" said the cashier, and the
disappointed applicant and friends
drifted sadly out. On the corner they
met the banks president, who was
himself just from quiet little all
night game at the Union. They ex-
planned the case again, and the next
moment the superior officer darted into
the bank, seized bag of twenties,
and followed the trio. In about ten
minutes he returned with the bag and
an extra handful of twenties, which he
flung on the counter.
Here, credit FIVE hundred to interest
account" he said to the cashier. "Why,
thought you had more business snap,
sir. Ever play pokera"
mo, sir"
"Ahl thought not-thought not. II
you did you'd know what good collat-
ersl was. Remember that in future
four kings and an ace. fiushes barred.
are always good in this nstitution for
our entire assets, sir-our entire as
sets. "-San Francisco Wasp,
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1887-05-26
ADVICE BY THE PECK.
Bill Nye Tells His Son How to Make q
Country Paper Red Hot.

Country Paper Red Hot.
AsHEvILLE, N. C.-My Dear Son: l
wish you would please change the ad-
dress of my paper to this place, where
your mother and are now staying. l
got the Retind all right last week, and
see that you are going to enlarge it, so
l have sold my hay in order to prepare
for the event.
What is your idea for enlai ging the
paper before the town enlarges? OF
course | am no journalist, but l have
often thought that if Ihad been doomed
to issue paper like the Retind, and
then answer at the bar of judgment for
it, would not get a power press till
the town got good, dark-blue hook
and-ladder company and post-office.
hope you will not try to issue a
daily paper, anyhow, till we see how
stock looks when grass grows again.
like your editorial on "Mark An
tony" first rate. l can imagine how
excited the people of your town were
when they saw the Retisa Saturday
morning and read what your estimate
of Mark was.
wish you would incidentally pick
upa few others of those old people and
weigh them. That is one of the luxur-
les of running paper yourself. You
can speak right out and walk all over
these people. | would like to hear
what your honest convictions are in re-
gard to Diogenes- 1t would be worth
almost what l have put into your paper
as a silent partner.
You can have no idea. Henry, how il
swells me up with pride and lofty dis
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1887-05-26
UNTIMELY VISITORS.
A Species of Femininity Whose Ways Ar
Beyond Ordinary Comprehension.

A Species Of FeminInity Whose Ways Are
Beyond Ordinary Comprehension.
There are some people in the world
who seem to have been born with the
idea that visiting is one of the funda-
mental rules of living, and with this
principle firmly fixed in their minds
live up to it accordingly, without any
thought whatever of those they annoy
by so doing. They come in at any
hour in the day, usually in the morn
ing, that most precious working-time
for women, just to chat about some
thing of not the slightest Importance.
to the person visited. "Oh, we,are not
going to detain you; we won't stop
moment" they say. While the hostess
listens and replies courteously to the,
conversation of her guests, her ear
catches the sound of her clothes, that
she had placed in a boiler on the stove,
boiling over. and, with q hurried apol-
ogy, she hastens to the. kitchen, adds
more cold water, leaves the cover of
the boiler of and is quickly back again
with the visitors, who remark on the
loveliness of the day, and what pity
it is for any oneto stay in the house
such weather. kse a.
The hostess makes some polite reply
agreeing to the statement made, but
thinks OF. her washing in the other
room waiting for>her. how she would
have had it on the line but for her un-
timely.visitors, who, having remained
fully an hour, always going, yet seem
not any nearer, to it than when first
seated. After another hoar spent in
the same way, during which time the
nervous housekeeper has madeSm
Journeys to and from the kitchen, the
guests leave, remarking that they
couldn't possibly remain any, longer,
and the wearied woman goes back to
her washing and with nervous haste
tries to make up for time wasted. The
clothes must be out before noon, and
the dinner for the husband and chill
dren on the table at that time. Why
such people, if they must visit. should
choose the busiest part of the day to
call upon women whom they know to
have all they can do. toll as hard as
they may. to get their work well done,
in preference to those having more
leisure at their disposal, like the riddle
of the Sphinx, is hard to answer. 1t
does seem as though these people had
missed their vocation and book can
vassers lost valuable acquisition
Boston Budget.
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1887-05-26
SCHOOL AND CHURCH.

"A chair of Pedagogues has Just
been established at Princeton under
Prof. West.
OF the original members of Plym-
9th Church only two-Henry c. Bowen
and John 7. Howard-are living.
The Peoples Baptist Church has
been organized at Manchester, N. H.,
with eighty-three members. Golden
Rule.
The Dartmouth, with eleven hum
dred copies per issue, has larger cir
culation than any other college paper
in the United States.
The collection for Home Missions
in the Fourth Avenue Presbyterian
Church-Dr. Crosby's-on recent
Sunday amounted to $4,000.
The nine normal schools of the
State of New York graduate only teach
ers enough to fill one in ten of the vacan-
cies occurring in the ranks OF instruc'
tors.
-Twenty-one years ago the Metho-
dist Church in Sweden was in its in-
fancy. Now there are tifty-nine
preachers, seventy-fve churches, 10,-
400 members and 3,S98 probationers in
that Kingdom.
Statistics show that the New En-
gland States have furnished more
church members, Sunday-school teach
ers and ministers throughout the West
within twenty years than all the other
States combined. From one New En-
gland State alone there went forth, in
1885, 150 ministers under the age Of
twenty-seven. M Y. Witness.
-" Howling" schools are common
in the mountainous regions of Ken
lucky. The name is an appropriate
one, as it is the custom for the pupils
to study their lessons aloud. The idea
prevails that children can only study
aloud. The same custom prevails in
China. There, whenever pupil stops
"howling," his teacher flogs him be-
cause he has ceased to study.-Ch Chicago
Times.
Since the union a few years ago
the Methodist constitute the largest
religious denomination in Ontario,
Can, and they are, it appears making
the most rapid progress. The Presby-
terians come next. The Anglicans are
third in size and said to be hardest in
growth. The Roman Catholics are
fourth. The Congregationalists and
Baptists have not taken very firm hold
of Canadian soil as yet.-Philadelphia
Press.
Female students are pretty numer-
Gus in Paris. Most of them are Russians,
generally very poor, so they club to-
gether in small sects--many of them
have brothers or husbands with them
who are students also-and put their
resources into common fund. One
room is used as dormitory, another as
study, etc., and a single cook does fol
all = phalansterism as proposed by
Fourier. They work hard, and the life
of all, men and women, is very re-
spectable in every way.-Boston Globe.
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1887-05-26
HUMOROUS.

We are told that the dude is fast
disappearing. The high collar is doing
the business.
First Rag Picker-"What luck this
morning, Raphaelp' Second Rag
Picker-''Diavolo! If found nothing
but wire boostles yet. ."-NeD Haven
NeaUs.
"A spring poet was found dead in
his room in the southern section of our
city last week. The effort to make
"earl crocus" rhyme with "only mock
us" proved too much for him.
-"Now, my DEAR" said mamma to lit
tie Helen, "baby is going to sleep.
You must keep just as still as little
mouse" ''Well, but. mamma" OBJ
jected Helen, "mice squeak sometimes,
don't theyP"
-"Won't you marry me, dear Jen-
nieP" pleaded John Knott, after a six
months courtship. "Why, of course,
Knott" replied the vixen, and she lost
the only chance of marriage she ever
had, for her smartness. s.-Little Giant.
An Indian chief, who was visiting
at Washington at Government ex-
pense, was introduced to- Senator
lately who had a very bald head. The
chief looked at him some moments with
great INTEREST," Finally he said: ugh.
where you fight Indian some timep"
Poor John Chinaman.-
There was a Chinee with queue,
And he could find nothing to dueue;
= = He begged for some shuise, "- ~
But was given bruise, -.
So he comforted himself with chueue.
Young Hobsonby lin Harlem cigar
store)-"Have you the Rosa Perfecto
Cabana Victoria cigar ?" Dealer (e-
gretfully)-.'N-no, sir; but we have the
Carissima Carambay Los Angeles Ypsi-
lanti brand. " Young Hobsonby-
'.How much are theyP" Dealer" Two
for five. Y Sun
DE Cad-''That little Miss Beachis
a regular little fool" Bagley-"Oh..
no." De Cad-"Yes, she is. Any
girl who will fiirt is fool" Bagley-
"Does she flirt?" De Cad-"Why,
she flirted with me all last evening""
Bagley-"Oh, well, then she is a fool"
-Tid-Bits.
"A twelve-year-old schoolboy, who
had to be called dozen times in the
morning before he came down to break
fast, was reused from his matin slum-
bers the other day by loud clap of
thunder. the electric bolt knocking a
big hole in the roof of the house, going
through the ceiling. splitting open the
headboard of the bed, singeing his hair.
and passing through the floor and out
of the kitchen door. The lad partly
opened his eyes, family murmured:
''Yes, I'm coming" and Immediately
turned over for fresh snooze.-Nor-
FiSt0Bcn Herald
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1887-05-26
WHAT'S in A NAMEq

Guess what I'm going to tell you, dear;
Guess what I'm going to tell
I'm not In love with the name you bear.
'Tis so very hard TO SPELL
Your first one, yes, that's pretty enough:
II reminds me much OF June
The last one runs so crooked and rough,
It can't be set to tune, my dear;
1t can't be set to tune
never say Rosie, but think
OF a mossy bank YOU know,
Where Flora's children, pearly and pink.
Around in sweet clusters grow.
You know It's always Rosie, say,
When we name the stars at night;
The other one seems SO far away,
That leave 1t out Of sight, my dear;
That leave it out Of sight
You'd like to please me, know you would
And you please me all but that;
Excuse me, don't want to be rude,
But hate that name, that's fiat.
You can not help its oh, yes, you can
'Tis easy as counting nine.
Now l shall tell you my little plan
just alter it into mine, my dear;
Just alter 1t into mine.
-Wnl. lyle, In Philadelphia eau.
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1887-05-26
PERSONAL AND LITERARY.

Henry Ward Beecher once took in
door exercise by shoyeling from one
end of his cellar to the other load of
sand which he had put there for the
purpose.
Theodore Thomas walks ten miles
every day, and the Boston Herald
thinks that this gives his legs about
the same amount of exercise that
Wagner overture gives his arms.
The Duke of Westminster has
promised to give $1,000 year during
the remainder of his life for the build
ing of new churches. He is now sixty
years old.
Colonel Freeman Thorpe's old por-
trait of President Garfield has been
purchased by the State of Ohio for $500
1t is considered the best picture Of
Garfield extant.
The histrionic taste of Charles
Dickens is exhibited in a mild form by
his granddaughter, Miss Ethel Dick
ems, who has opened writing Of
flee for the copying of prompt-books
and parts.
Mrs. Stephen B. Elkins recently
presented library consisting of $40O
worth of books to the town of Davis,
W. Va, on condition that the citizens
should furnish the room, which was
promptly done.-N. Y Sun.
w. ID. Montz, of Louisville, has
been superintendent of Methodist
Sunday-school for thirty years, and in
AL that time has been absent only five
Sundays. During the last twenty years
he has been absent but one Sunday.
Robert Browning says of his crit
les: 81 have had too long an expert
ence of the inability of the human
goose to do other than cackle when
benevolent and hiss when malicious,
and no amount of goose criticism shall
make me lift heel against what wad-
dies behind it,
Frances Hodgson Burnett began
her literary career at fourteen. Her
first two sketches were printed in
Godey's Ladys Book, for which she re-
ceived $35. She gathered and sold
wild grapes in East Tennessee for
money to buy the postage stamps
which covered the transmission of her
stories.
After Nine. Nilsson's marriage in
Paris the wedding party drove to a
hotel, where quiet breakfast was
served. Il shall not sing any more in
public" said the newly-made Countess,
except ''-she hesitated-"w per-
haps once in a while for charity" The
Count and Countess intend to live in
London, where they have a superb res
idence. Chicago Herald.
The Snooks family, in England,
from whom Sir Charles Dixie has just
inherited a fortune, affords a curious
illustration of the evolution of names.
Originally it was Sevenoaks, and there
are many people in England now who
spell their name Sevenoaks and pro-
nounce it Snooks, just as lots of Amer
leans write their nome Taliaferro and
call it Tolliver. This is the age OF
| brevity, and Snooks is brief.
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1887-05-26

will never come May in my life when
l shall not long to fold my tent and
take up my abode in the home of the
mocking-bird, and yet | can not say
what many do. For variety, glibness
and execution, the song is marvellous.
1t is brilliant, bewildering exhibition,
and one listens in sort of ecstacy al
most equal to the birds own, for this,
it seems to me, is the secret of the pow
er of his music; he so enjoys it himself,
he throws his whole soul into it, and
he is so magnetic that he charms
listener into belief that nothing can be
like it. His manner also lends en-
chantment; he is seldom still. If he
begins in a cedar-tree, he soon flies to
the fence, singing as he goes thence
takes his way to roof, and so on,
changing his place every few minutes,
but never losing note. His favorite
perch is the top spire of pointed tree,
low cedar or young pine, where he can
bound into the air as already described,
spread his wings, and float down,
never omitting quaver. 1t seems
like pure ecstasy; and however critical
one may be, he can not help feeling
deep sympathy that the joyous soul
that thus expresses itself. With all
the wonderful power and variety. the
betwitching charm, there. is not the
feeling" the heavenly melody, of the
wood thrush. As an imitator, think
he is much overrated. l can not agree
with Lanier that
''Whate'er birds did or dreamed, this bird could
say;'
and that the birds are Jealous of his
song, as Wilson says, lean not believe.
On the contrary, l do not think they
recognize the counterfeit. The tufted
titmouse called as loudly and constant
ly all day as though no mocking-bird
shouted his peculiar and easily initiated
call from the house-top; the cardinal
grosbeak sang every day in the grove,
though the mocker copied him more
closely than any other bird. He re-
peats the notes, rattles out the call,
but he can not put the cardinals soul
into them. The song of every bird
seems to me the expression of himself;
it is perfect whole of its kind, given
with proper infections and pauses, and
never hurried; whereas, when the
mocker delivers it, it is simply one
more note added to his repertory, ut
tered in his rapid staccato, in his loud,
clear voice, interpolated between in
congruous sounds, without expression,
and lacking in every way the beauty
and attraction of the original.
The song consists entirely of short
staccato phrases, each phrase repeated
several times, perhaps twice, possibly
five or six times. If he has list of
twenty or thirty l thing he has
more-he can make almost unlimited
changes and variety, and can sing for
two hour or longer, holding his listener
spell-bound and almost without con-
sciousness that he has repeated any
thing. @&
So winning and so lasting is the
charm with which this bird enthralls
his lovers that scarcely had left his
enchanted neighborhood before every
thing else was forgotten, and there re-
main Of that idyllic month only beau
tiful pictures and delightful memories.
30 thou heavenly birdH'-OIioe Thorne
Mailer, in Atlantic.
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1887-05-26

"A Philadelphia paper asked: "k
there a wife in the city to-day who
makes her husbands shirts?" The fol-
lowing answer was received BY return
mail: 4 do, but he won't wear EN-"
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1887-05-26

I'm the new University of Cali
fornis, built BY Leland Stanford. wom-
en- are to share the benefits of every
department equally with men.